Chapter 15

Question 1

— studies individuals in relation to others and groups, whereas — studies groups them selves, including cultures and societies

a. sociology; social psychology
b. social psychology; sociology
c. sociology; a confederate
d. a confederate; social psychology

Answer 1

b. social psychology; sociology

Question 2

a researcher is interested in studying how student attended to social information and use it in their lives. Her general focus is?

a. attribution
b. social cognition
c. the internal dimension
d. attitudes

Answer 2

b. social cognition

Question 3

true or false?

in self-serving bias we blame the environment for failures and give our self the success

Answer 3

True

Question 4

which of the following is not an element of persuasion?

a. the source
b. the message
c. the audience
d. aggressive brutality

Answer 4

d. aggressive brutality

Question 5

true or false?

conformity is the urge to modify our behaviors, attitudes, beliefs, and opinions to match those of others.

Answer 5

true

Question 6

true or false?

Gerard Mayberry conducted a social experiment to test conformity

Answer 6

false

Question 7

true of false?

is a standard of the social experiment the definition or norms?

Answer 7

true

Question 8

— is the tendency for people to not react in an emergency, often thinking that someone else will step in to help.

a. group polarization
b. the risky shift
c. the bystander effect
d. deindividuation

Answer 8

c. the bystander effect

Question 9

why do people lend a hand?

a. kin selection
b. mood
c. empathy
d. all of the above

Answer 9

d. all of the above

Question 10

the conclusions or inferences we make about people who are different from us, based on their group membership.

a. aggression
b. social identity
c. stereotypes
d. ethnocentrism

Answer 10

c. stereotypes

Question 11

true or false?

Jane Elliot was the teacher who gave her students a lesion about discrimination

Answer 11

true

Question 12

feelings of decreased accountability and motivation is caused by?

a. diffusion of responsibility
b. social facilitation
c. social duties
d. deindividuation

Answer 12

a. diffusion of responsibility

Question 13

social facilitation can improve personal performance when..

a. all group members are slacking
b. a person begins to exhibit a “lack of self awareness”
c. a task is straight forward and a person is adequately prepared
d. a person changes their behavior or act in a way they might not normally

Answer 13

c. a task is straight forward and a person is adequately prepared

Question 14

the tendency for group members to maintain cohesviness and agreement in their decision making is called?

a. deindividuation
b. group loafing
c. groupthink
d. obedience

Answer 14

c. groupthink

Question 15

the tendency for people to make less than their best effort when individual contributions are too complicated to measure is called?

a. predicted behavior
b. actual behavior
c. risky shift
d. social loafing

Answer 15

d. social loafing

Question 16

the tendency for a group to take more extreme stance then originally held after deliberations and discussions is called…

a. group polarization
b. conformity
c. social diffusion
d. social responsibility

Answer 16

a. group polarization

Question 17

the tension that result when a behavior clashes with an attitude knowns as?

Answer 17

COGNITIVE DISSONANCE

Question 18

what two guys conducted the study that ultimately led to the bringing of cognitive dissonance?

Answer 18

Leon Festinger and J. Merrill Carlsmith

Question 19

the act of knowing that smoking is bad for your health but still doing it anyway is known as what?

Answer 19

Thought suppression

Question 20

The way a person is affected by another person is apparent in behaviors, emotions, and cognition is also known as what?

Answer 20

social influence